Lord of Industrialization

A circle with a diameter of one meter was drawn on the ice. Frederick was dressed the same as Illidan, holding his sword, and focusing all his attention on his ears.

There was a sound of breaking wind all around, and the battle axe, the mace, and six darts attacked from three directions at the same time. The speed was very well controlled and would hit Frederick at the same time.

Frederick first knocked the darts away with the tip of the sword, turned around and knocked the end of the hilt on the nail of the mace, knocking the mace away while using the force to chop the battle axe with a sword.

There was a sudden cheering from the side. The girls watching were not really cheering for Frederick, but to interfere with his hearing.

Taking the opportunity, Heli sneaked silently near Frederick.

But before she could launch a sneak attack, Frederick suddenly reached out and pulled her over, holding one hand tightly in his arms, and holding the sword with the other hand to resist the attacks of the other two.

There was another burst of laughter around.

It was time to eat soon. Today's training was over, and there was wolf meat stew in the pot again.

Every day, a hunting team would come back from hunting. There were limited prey in the forest now, only grouse, long-haired rabbits, foxes and wolves.

Catch rabbits or grouse in traps and bleed them to make bigger traps. The smell of blood would soon attract wolves.

"Hmm..." Frederick looked at the extra dishes in the bowl and was silent for a long time, then continued to eat.

It seemed that the girls didn't eat kidneys, so they ate them all.

Frederick recently felt that the atmosphere in the camp was a bit weird. Everyone seemed to be hiding something from him, and Catherine also muttered to them from time to time.

Days passed, and everyone practiced with real swords and guns every day, and it was inevitable that some would get injured during the period.

Fortunately, healing was a compulsory course for them. After cleaning the wounds, they would perform healing, and rest for half a day before they could start a new round of training.

In February, Frederick suddenly found that he seemed to have become the final boss, and everyone was exercising to brush themselves.

It was the end of March, and the temperature rose to around minus ten degrees Celsius. It was time to return.

If the snow melted later, the road would be muddy and difficult to walk.

The ship that picked them up waited on the shore for two days. After digging out the whale bones underground, the group returned to Nidaros by boat.

On the ship, Frederick asked Catherine in surprise: "Aren't you going back?"

Catherine replied: "I want to inquire about the news here. I don't know what's going on at home."

Frederick said: "If you need help, you can find the Dawn Chamber of Commerce."

Catherine hesitated for a moment and whispered: "Can you lend me some money? I want to recruit a guard here to escort me back."

Frederick looked at the petrels flying on the sea, and after a long time, he said: "I don't think it's as simple as a guard."

Catherine's temperament changed all of a sudden. This was something she had never experienced in this winter. She was like a hungry bear waking up from hibernation, and her fierce eyes swept around everything around her, looking for food to eat.

"I want to get what I deserve." There was no emotion in her words. "I will do what he can't do."

Frederick turned his head and looked at her, and said, "In this case, the next negotiation will not involve personal feelings."

These days, Catherine has not said anything about the politics of the Principality of Yelgarod, but just talked about some local customs and customs.

Frederick didn't care either. That place was too far away, and he had a set development plan here, so he couldn't take care of it.

Now Catherine wants to talk about political matters, but Frederick can only give limited things. If it exceeds the scope of his ability and uses personal feelings as a bargaining chip, it will not be easy to deal with.

Catherine immediately replied: "Okay!"

"I need an army that obeys my orders, go back to overthrow that waste, and take back the territory that once belonged to me."

Frederick asked her: "What can I get?"

The essence of diplomatic politics is doing business. Catherine must pay a price for what she wants.

"Everything you want!" Catherine painted a big pie, "wood, fur, minerals, food, and people."

"You want to mine in the territory of the woman who captured me. Your people are not adapted to the climate there, but my people are fine."

Frederick was not very enthusiastic about these big pies. At present, he could get them through trade without paying more.

The Principality of Wessen has been committed to increasing the source of resources and has achieved good results. What it needs more now is a market for selling products.

Catherine didn't understand these things yet, but she knew that Frederick was not moved by them. Obviously, the price offered was not enough.

"Then the Principality of Yelgarod and the Principality of Wessen signed a treaty similar to the Elbe Treaty?"

Catherine tentatively offered a condition.

Frederick did not answer directly, but said: "I don't recommend you to recruit soldiers here. I think you can go back to your parents' home and seek help."

"You can recruit a Black Forest mercenary there. Their weapons, tactics, and discipline are all top-notch."

"Although the mercenaries here are powerful, they are all pagans and have a bad influence."

Catherine agreed immediately.

Her hometown is just east of the Elbe River, which is within Frederick's sphere of influence, so many things are easy to do.

Frederick is thinking about one thing at this time.

In his previous life, when he played "Mount \u0026 Blade", there were many restoration missions. In reality, there were many coups supported by big countries. Winning in the game didn't bring much benefit, but in reality, the benefit was huge.

Helping Dragases to recover Constantinople is an example. The Principality of Wessen used the Galada District east of Constantinople as a springboard and began to have some influence on the coast of the Dark Sea.

The Principality of Yelgarod has a port at the eastern end of the North Sea. If a base or even a naval base can be established there, the benefits will not be small.

The expansion of agricultural society mainly obtains land, and the output of land is the income.

The expansion of industrial society is to constantly find sources of raw materials and commodity markets to obtain high profits.

So the landlords did not realize Frederick's commercial invasion and thought that he was a good friend if he did not want land.

At the same time, Frederick's rise was not long, and others did not have industry. The landlords still took the sale of raw materials and the purchase of finished products as a matter of course, and had not yet deeply realized the profits brought by industry.

So he had to seize the time and occupy as much of the market as possible before others reacted.

Moreover, the political structure of industrialized society is different from that of traditional agricultural feudal society. The people will demand more power, but the power cake is so big. The more people there are, the fewer nobles there will be.

Frederick himself did not care, and there were not many old nobles under his command, so the political atmosphere within the Principality of Wessen was relatively relaxed.

But it was different in other places. The artificial class divide made the status of people on both sides disparate, and the gap was greater than that between humans and slimes.

When Frederick was at sea, the first spark ignited a gunpowder keg.